Since they keep adding memory to the L2 Cache, why haven't they upgraded the L1 Cache to 1MB yet, seeing as how you've got 2MB+ L2 & L3 Caches...seems silly in this day and age to leave the L1 cache at 512KB?!

Since they keep adding memory to the L2 Cache, why haven't they upgraded the L1 Cache to 1MB yet, seeing as how you've got 2MB+ L2 & L3 Caches...seems silly in this day and age to leave the L1 cache at 512KB?!

I beleive L1 is the Instruction Cache therefore they havent had a need to increase yet.